What are the responsibilities and job description for the Events & Partnerships Manager (Maternity Cover) position at FELFEL?
IN SHORT
As an Events & Partnerships Manager at FELFEL, you’ll play a key role in organizing unforgettable events and developing strategic partnerships. In this maternity cover position, you will support our marketing team in driving B2B customer acquisition and engagement.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
- Develop and own our event strategy (internal and external audiences), ensuring it perfectly aligns with our marketing and business goals, such as boosting brand awareness and generating leads.
- Act as FELFEL's event ambassador! You'll build and nurture relationships with key new and existing stakeholders, serve as their main point of contact, and skillfully negotiate contracts and terms.
- You are responsible for the implementation of events from A-Z, including creative concept development, planning & hosting, and debriefing.
- Connect all internal teams including Sales, Operations, and Design, to bring event concepts to life.
- Define clear lead-generation objectives for events and manage the associated budgets
- Lead, mentor, and support one direct report within your team.
YOUR PROFILE
- Bachelor's Degree and/or have a minimum of 3-5 years of events and partnerships experience.
- You bring a strong marketing mindset and sound business acumen to the table.
- You thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment. Juggling multiple projects simultaneously while staying organized comes naturally to you.
- Experienced and comfortable negotiating and interpreting contracts.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Fluent in English & German, French is a big plus.
- Non-smoker: You do not smell like cigarettes and do not smoke during the day as FELFEL promotes healthy living.
- Have a valid EU/EFTA or Swiss work permit.
OUR BENEFITS
- Lots of delicious food, just a few steps away from your desk - we make your gastronomic dreams come true
- Best barista coffee and tea for the whole team, thanks to our innovative Gavetti coffee machine
- 5 weeks holiday per year, as well as two full weeks of ‘work from anywhere’ per year to bring more variety to your work day
- We encourage our employees to use public transport by covering your half-fare travelcard
- New parents get 16 or 3 weeks, respectively, of fully paid parental leave. We also support the return to work by making a generous financial contribution to childcare until the child reaches kindergarten age.
- Great team events, such as our well-known FELFEL Summer Outing
If this sounds like the job for you, apply now with your CV (and, if you like, a video explaining why you are the perfect fit). We look forward to hearing from you!
MORE ABOUT US
FELFEL is all about good food and coffee in the workplace: we help Swiss employers become masters of hospitality.
With our smart fridge ‘FELFEL’ and delicious barista coffee ‘Gavetti’, we enable companies to provide their employees with first-class, ultra-fresh food and drinks throughout the day. Whether hearty and traditional, modern and vegan or high in protein - our weekly changing menu ensures that all employees always have something to be excited about ;).
FELFEL is a family business that was founded in 2013. Today, we take care of around 1000 locations in Switzerland, and have 150 employees across our offices in Lausanne, Zurich and New York.
www.felfel.ch
Start: 1. June - 31. March 2026
Pensum: 80-100%
Location: Zürich Wiedikon
